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THE OMAHA BEE : SUNDAY , FEBBUATIY 27 > 1803VBENEFITS OF WOMEN'S ' CLUBSPo trfnl Influence Exerted for theBetterment of Womankind ,RELAXATION FROM DAILY ROUTINEThe ttmtit Pur Oulii clili ( lie KnnltNlft rlopiniTit of Cliilin Do'Jilt' } t nilcrlnlii- no Mm'lit\iiiunlnK IV-iiturcM.Dr. Johnson defined a club as "an assemblyof. Rood fcllon * meeting under corlftlncnndlllons. " Prom his phraseology It laevident that the gallant doctor novef evenImagined the possibility ot such n combination of women. How lie would have bomntnarcd could ho have looked foiwarJ 100jcars or mote !A club , -nlclilcd ( by the gentle hand ofIonian , may bo a powerful weapon ofoffcnuo and defense , writes Jean Ncal in theSt. I-ouls Globe-Democrat , fiho may layabout with It In an aggressive manner andshatter established social contentions andsmash cherished Ideals ; or she may wiselyuse It merely as a new means whereby toBtrcngthon nnd defend herself against the assaults ot the world and the Impositions otBtreiigor men. 'Hut under certain oruncertain conditions , the now woman will"asiemble. ""Women's clubs have sprung up only withincomparatively few jiars , but nov allover the country their name Is legion. It< watt like thi > cue of ( hit flrsf rabbit broughtInto Australia , which Island Is now overtunwith the bobtallcd pests , except that In thisInstance the woman's club Is not a ptst ,Blru. JulK Ward Howe , I believe , Is responsible for this similar dissemination ofclubs from Mie first asoclatlon which she[ founded in Hoston tweiitj-llvo jcars ago.vAnd just at present there seems to bo anepidemic of clubs among the women ofAmerica. Perhaps somu scientist will jetdiscover the 'bacillus ' of the club mania , justas In Atlanta they are now looking for theIdas microbe , and threatening Its auulhlla-tlon.tlon.OfOf course jou belong to a club. This Isno longer the nutation , for. in fact. It goesnlthout sajlng. Cre might na well be deadjiowailavH no not belong to iomo club Thepresent ciuorj Is To how manj clubs < * ojou belong ? Tor she is regarded aa thebest woman who is on the lists of the great..st number of clukn and who holds olllctIn circles of wldist diverging i'ltercota. Iknew of ono vvuniun who had a rccoid ofpay'ng dues In. twenty-live different clubs ,but that was beveral jiarn ago , and doubt-leu" ) there are now others who cast her farlei the shade. For the lost two jeaiathe mania lies broken out with redoublrdfuror In every remote com r of the nation ,and there la now hardl > an army pojt 01n mlniig village which has not Its advancedband of solf-culturlsts and social enllghtm-ors. I have not heard thu latest bulletinfrom the Klondike , but I have no doubt thatthere la alreadj a band ot "Daughters of theTick Ax" form g there.A LOVER OP CLUtS. )I mjBclf am very unfaahlcaablo I boaatof membership In but three clubs , thoughthej are t > plcal , and I must ccjifesti that Ido not sco how an ) mortal woman of averagestrength ot mind and ph > aluo | can dcvotoherself to more. Ono of these three Isa largo patriotic society , whose meetingsare usually held upon dates of natltnal 1m-liortance. Wo celebrated Washington's birthday Tuesday. These increasingly popularpatriotic oig.inlzations are often criticisedfor spending so much time In , genealogiesand tracing of family descents , riid arc accused of bo'cigof no practical advantage tothe members ot the society at large. Hut theylo Indeed sUnd for something more than thepotty snobbery of birth and family tradition. They etnnd for the recording of alllilstoilo data , however slight , which maygo to make up a whole ot vast value to thelutuc-o historian and antlquirlan. rrhoyBland for the prcacrvntlon ot old landmarksand places ot historic association ; for theobservance of historic dates and mcmorlalnto patriotic men ; for the Inculcation of thespirit of patriotism ! In the children who areto be our next generation of citizens andto carry on the history of tlio nation. Imust speak this word for the patriotic so-clutloa , though these are not the great , tjpl-cal woman's clubs that have thu ivldcstJu-Uucnce.My second club la a private and personalnflnlr ot eight ex-collego girls , all seriouslyaffected with the literary measles , which inseveral cas s struck In and developed alarming sjmptoms ot Inciirnblcness The Scribblers meet at my den oveiy fortnight , andoaeh maid Is pledged to read aloud sometale of her own devising , for the unbiasedJudgment and critical comments of thecircle Ah , but > ou should hem same of theastounding Inventions and experimentalrevelations which emanate from the brainsot these very modern maidens' Hut , afternil , this Is not tlio typical lln do aioclo woman's club which Is now supplying thu comlopapem with a now and much needed subjecttor cartoons. In place ot the long-abuaedanothcrlIaw and the omnivorous goatThis club Is too modest In Its methods andtoo concrete In Its alms for a typical woman's club ; though I assure you It does notappropriate the smallest third ot my tlmodevoted to the three.IMy third clue Is ono ot the general classof solf-culturo associations ; n band of brightAS omen who meet every other week towrllo and discuss papers upon topics of theday , ethical , literary and political , and wmilisten every alternate week to como vvell-Icnown lecturer or public speaker. It ro-< wlroj much tlmo to keep In touch with therather scattered selection of topics , and to( keep abreast of the unusually bright women who discuss them ; anil the result Is antlmulua and a valuable Incitement to study ,rrhls club Is , I think , a good specimen ofthu common or garden variety which Is atjirescnt springing up llko the national flowerover all the country , doing Incalculable goodto the women thereofSIGN OK WOMAN'S AWAKENING.The first woman's club was contemporarywith the now Interest In the higher education ofvomen. \ . It was a sign of woman'sawakening deslro for self-Improvement , forintellectual equality with man , tor a socialbroadening of Ideas and resources. Sincethen women hava become emancipatedfrom certain absurd conventionalities which* > rf-v vito4 t"t.'r ! ' adopting the learned professions or business careers ot their own{ And a grow \femlnlno restlessness hasfinally resulted In that modern , inuch-ubuscd word Incarnation , the now womanI doubt If thn now woman , In the popularsense , as Illustrated In Llfo and the nows-jinpers and on the contomporor ) ntago. rwllydoes exist. Hut thu nun woman In tliolest senno the renewed , made-over , overjoung modern woman surely has como toetnj. And she Is first of all a club woman.Now , the expression , "club woman. " deflates a very different creature from thebrother phrase , "club man " It bears noderogatory significance. Hut long usage ofitho latter term , long- experience ot Us bearcrs , has freighted It with disapproval anddisparagement , not incompatible , however ,< vvlth a'curtain ' distinction , Quo Instinctivelythinks of a club man as a rich ) oungfellow about town , a rathur fast swe > ll , aman of the world The comlo papers , whlclare responsible for deeper Impressions ni !moro lasting prejudices than they sepmaware , have so continually pictured tileclub man reeling homo to a scolding wlfuivvlth Homo absurd and Incoherent excuse orIlls lips , that this also has liucomo a panof the vision evoked by thu phrase O ,couue , all men belonging to clubs arc notof this typo , Abaurdl No ono In so foolishor purltanto as to bellovo that becausea man supports several clubs ho must bea hot or a gambler. Doubtless It Is asvaluable for a man to to a member of agood club of congenial and Inspiring associates as for a woman to enjoy thu gameJiilvIlcEO. Hut a club man , a man Ideutllled. with ami alwajs to be found at oneor another of the typical men's clubs , vvhlcnare usually purely social or epicurean , w It )jio object ot Improvement or mental antmoral advantage , the fashionable habitueof the faalilonaulo clubs , Is not au admirablecreation.Nobody has any such Idea ot the clulwoman. Evou the cartoonists who dollghID caricaturing pa , who Is rocking the babj( jvlill * tua at tiur club descants ou Drowulujor Ib n even these sarcastic alarmists lmpate to the attending female no wors * crlrn *nan thta , or faddish enthusiasm , or unparliamentary etiquette.DUTDftDNT FROM MEN'S CLUB9.The woman's club ta very different In purpose -pose and Ideal from the man's. It Is seldom> urely social women have enough of societyn Its ordinary garb without Inventing laIs name new taxes upon their tlmo. Theirclub usually hac a dignified and plausiblepurpose at least for charily , for self-lm-irovement , for social reform , or some localnd Individual Interest , like my own modestScribblers ' " The vast majority ot largewoman's clubs throughout the country areusually bands of earnest , enthusiastic vvo-ncn , who have discovered that the stimulusof co-operation Is the chief Incentive tothe pursuit of any object. Any ono canstudy at homo by herself. Out how long willshe keeping It up , faithfully , nlthout something to make necessary the application andsacrifice and concentration T Probably three-ourths ot the women stud ) Ing or workingn women's clubs today have never been tocollege ; but they have seen that the chiefvalue of college work In gained by the girlsvvoiklng together , and thus they seek to attain In a measure the same result It Is thespirit of the university extension Idea , thuvalue of homo study In co-operation withothers , the stimulus ot a group ot mindsfocused upon a common object.This direct Improvement of herself , thisbroadening of her understanding and supplementing of her academic knowledge Isnot the greatest benefit of the woman's clubs.There Is also the relaxation from her dallyroutine of society and household cares , astepping nsldo from the rut Into which theres danger of her life's running under the oldorder of things. Our grandmothers had noclubs. No ; but perhaps they would haveIved longer and happier If they had. Surely: ho moro resources a woman has withiniierself when ago makes action Impossiblethe happier will her old ago bo , the raorofull of Interest. Moreover , variety andchange and the friction of bright Intellectsscop a woman joung and fresh and goodlooking no light consideration to any ono.The average woman of today Is far youngerand healthier and fairer than her grand-mothei woe at her age.GOOD INFLUENCES.The good Influences of the club extends tothe homo Hfo also. A man Inn his dallybusiness , In which ho meets other men upona common level of Interest Ho , goes amongthem and Is stimulated by contact withmen of equal and superior Intelligence , allupon their mettle lest they bo taken. at adisadvantage. This wan what women neededwhen they formed tbo woman's clubs. Inordinary cocicty there in little stimulus ,llttlo overllow ot Ideas , llttlo Interchangeof Intelligence Hut at her club her mindIs nlred and acted upon by friction withothers , keen to make the most of thenibelv eo ,and shu returns home , flesh and animated ,llko her husband , or father , or brother , readyto react again with her Intellect upon his ,to the pi oil t and pleasure ot both.Many club women are bachelor maids , responsible to no one but themselves , with noheavy homo duties or binding tics ot family. To such the club Is a welcome diversionnnd Interest from the wearisome loutlno ofsociety without an object. It Is a prolltabloinvestment ot tlmo which would otherwisebo frivolously lost. Hut the mat ion does notneglect her homo nnd famllj for her club.That Is , I bellovo that the woman who doesIs an alwajs possible but rcnnrKable exception , dragged Into prominence by carpingcritics Eveiy woman's club that I everheard ot Is so arranged that the hours ot'meeting como at n time least likely to Interfere with household affairs , with theeulsino or the nursery , never at times whenthe men ot the family would miss the attentions ot the-lr mlnlsteriug angel. Whoever heard of a woman's club meeting atnight ? No ; that privilege rests with themen still ,Ihg chief fault of women's clubs Is thelack of serene calmness and dignity otmethod. It Is stilt to new a thing for womento venture forth from homo on their ownresponsibility , It seems so daring , so presumptuous , so delightfully Independent , thatthey have almost lost their heads and area llttlo Intoxicated iby the novel experience.Thu Inevitable tendency of women to magnify the Importance of everything personalto themselves , their unquenchable enthusiasm nnd lack of humor which makes themtnko themselves and everything else too seriously , tends to make the modern clubwoman flaunt her new dignities and self-importance somewhat ridiculously In theeo > es ot men , whose clubs have been established and taken for granted for centuriesWo may say that we don't care -what menthing about our doings I3ut wo ought tocare. Wo are only half the world , after all ,wo women , and the opinion of the other haltin worth considering.OND OP THE FAULTS.One fault of the woman's clue li that Itusually tries to do too much. Seeing thewhole wide world of laro open for her tochoose , the club -\voman wants to grasp Itall at once ; she Is not content to accomplish Uttlo toy llttlo sjstcmatlcally , buildingup year by year on a solid foundation. Scl-euce , ethics , politics , literature , art , economics these are a few of the subjects wh/ch /she feels dbllged to Include In her jeai'sprogram for weekly meetings of ono houreach ; when each of these requires a lifetime of special study ; nnd ono branch ofono ot them furnishes sufficient food forthe average lirtellect In a jear of Saturdays. J have known a club giavely to de-cldo the Alaskan boundary question afterforty-five minutes f argument on ono sidealone ; devote the next meeting to the consideration of "Sudermann's Realism" ( seven-eighths of them don't rend German ) , andthe folios-Ing week discuss the sweating system , summed up from hearsay and magazine articles. Yet even such desultory wrk /as this Is far better than no work at allHut when the possibilities of a vvoman'bclub are fully realized , and when the wominherself has exhausted the pleasant noveltyof meroiy trying her newfound wings , shewill settle down to a better directed andmoro level flight.The earnest striving of the woman's clubsfor parliamentary correctness of proceedings Is often laughable or would bo It thedreadful seriousness of the occasion , theabsolute lack of humor shown , did not preclude the enjoyment of even a surreptitioussmile. It Is a strange thing that women atother times so quiet. Inoffensive and dignified ahoulifcbo affected by the rules of Cush-Ing's Manual as the Lnill la by scarletrags. Graclousncss , politeness , self-restraint. friendship , even , go by the boardwhen a discussion Involving the minute Inconsequences of parliamentary usage is Inquestion. Some few women there are capable of mastering tlio technicalities of thisscience If science It bo ; but to most Itseems a dead language. It they could onlylearn to appreciate better thu relative valueof things , they would waste lent tlmo andpcaco ot mind over what Is , after all , ofsecondary Importance to any serious business whluh they may have on hand. Hut ,oh ! they are so serious about it , and , oh !they make such a muddle of "by-laws" and"articles" and "resolutions. "Mr. Melvll Dewey , secretary of the University of Now York , ea > s there Is onething , the hoodoo of every club Into whichIt Is Introduced. This dangerous element Isno other thing than food , Yrs ; ho asserts that no sooner does a club womanyield to her hospitable Instinct and mal.orefreshment of any kind a feature of theclub meetings than the death-knell of endeavor and result Is sounded for that club.For , once Introduced , grown familiar withits face , wo II ret endure , then pit ) , thenembrace or devour , rather. And once pro-vldod by ono member , no succeeding hcstcssIs going to have her hcepltallt ) Impeachedby falluro to bo as provident. Thus the spiritof hospitable emulation , a feminine weakness , Is Introduced , and the serpent entersEden.Since hearing this , I have resolutely reslated the temptation even to make tea forthu Scribblers when they meet hero In myden. Hut , alas ! At our last meeting oiuof the maids fortified our spirits for listen-lug to her very harrowing ghost story bythe distribution of certain globules ot gummy jujube. Do > ou suppose that this Is thedeath-warrant of our octagonal meetings ?1 should be desolate to believe so And yet ,If ' .Mr. Dewey Is right , 1 fear that nothingcan savu us.Avert the omcntArnlcn atilv .The best salvo In the world tor Cuts ,Hrulics , Sores , Ulcers , Salt Rbeum , TevcrBores , Totter , Chapped Hands , Chllblalus ,Corns and all Skin Eruptions , cod positivelycures I'llcs ir no [ My required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or moneyrefunded. 1'rlco 23 cenU per box. for aliaby Kubq & Co ,LEAVES FROM EARLY HISTORYJ , Sterling Morton's ' Recollections of aFinancial Debate afc Omaha in 1855.CHEAP MONEY AND WILDCAT BANKS1'Ionecr ro * < ninMer Jonpn nnrt JndRellrndforiL DUciinn tlic ( lueMlcmIn the l'iu > r lloiiie of the'crrltorlitt Council.The building waa ot poorly burned brickand Its dimensions vvcro about forty-eightIcct by twenty-four feet and two stories Inheight."it stood on * lie prairie which hadbeen staked out on the west bank ot theMissouri river , opposite Council iBIuffa , la. ,and christened "Omaha City , " aud In thewinter of 1853 It vvas occupied by the legislative assembly of the Territory ot Nebraskaand dignified as the capltol , It stood abouttwo blocks northwest from where the present Union Pacific railroad headquarters arelocated. Thlo primitive temple of lawmakinging had been planned and constructed during the summer and autumn ot 1854 by theNebraska & Iowa Terry Co , ot which Dr.Emos Low was the president. It had beenregarded by the larger stockholders nrdchief manipulators ot that organization forcity bulldlug and fortune malting as a sortof hive where the first swarm ot law-giversmight collect and distill the honey ot opportunity In behalf ot tbo proprietors ofI'rnlrle townsltes nnd prairie plowmen allalong the Nebraska bank ofthe - 'MUsourl. 'The territorial council , vhlch was parallelaad equivalent to the state senate , wasmetaphorically , and likewise literally , theupper house of the territorial legislative assembly , for It held Us sessions In the secondend story of the dlmlnutlvo capltol. Thehall of the council was about twenty-tourfeet by sixteen feet , and eight feet of Itslength was cut off by a railing and devotedto the standing use ot the general public nsa lobby. The thirteen members ot the council occupied the remainder. Joseph LSharp , aged CO > cars , and a native ot Tennessee , was the presiding olllcer ot thispioneer body ot legislators. Tradition hadIt that Sharp Hrst served ns a law-giver Inthe state assembly ot Illinois , ami sub-scqucntb In the legislature of Iowa , whenceliu had naturally enoiign drifted over IntoRichardson countj , Nebraska , for the pur-liopso of temporarily noting as a leadinglawmaker In the new teriltory.SHAIU' IN NAME AND FEATURES.In person Colonel Sharp was tall , slnewj ,straight , lean and lank Ho had a largoand well-shaped head and an expression ofalertness end vigilance waa alwa > spresent In his features. In earlier HfoColonel Sharp had been a profound suffererfrom an attack of smallpox. The diseasehad extinguished the light and vision ofone e > e , had twisted his nose a littleawry , skewed up his mouth at ono cornerand deeply Indented his face all over withpox marks from point of the chin to top ofthe forehead. And jet , with all his unmitigated homeliness , Colonel Sharp , In conversation , In social lite and with his educational acquirements even on the rostrum ,as a speaker , was one of the most attractiveand entertaining of men Ills knowledge ofpaillanientarj tactics was , co-cxtcnslvc withJeflcrson'a Manual and all other standardrules and regulations for the governmentand orderly direction of deliberative bodiesHis colleagues In the council were : II.Hradford , II. P. Bennett and C. H. Coles otNebraska City ; Richard Brown ot Nemahacounty , Dr. M. H. Clark ot Fontanelle ,Dodge county ; Benjamin It. Folsom ofTekamah ; T. G. Goodwell , A. D. Jones , S.n Itogers and Oregon D. Richardson ( aformer lieutenant governor of Michigan ) ofOniaha ; Lafayette Nuokolls of 1'lattsmouth ;J. C. Mitchell of Florence. LafajettoNuckolls , Samuel E. Rogers , Presiding Oin-cer Sharp and Richard Brown were the onlymembers ot that body who were bom Insouthern states. All the others were nativesot Maine , Now York , Vermont , Connecticutaud Pennsjlvanla.THE PARAMOUNT QUESTION.Trom tlmo to tlmo It Is Intended to givesketches of Individual members of thispioneer body , and also to shadow forthtrom memory some of the dlscusilons inwhich It Indulged. And , as the moneyquestion Is at present paramount In thisand all other states of the Americanunion , It may not bo uninteresting to re1-call a debate carried on iby some of thosefrontier financiers in the council at Its secondend session , during the -winter of 1833-C ,relative to money , banking nnd financieringgenerally. The Immediate subject ot discussion was the propriety ot eharterlngseveral banks of issue In the territoryThese ibanks were to utter their promisesto pay gold to the holders ot their notes ondemand , but the charters purposely andshrewdly avoided all penalties for Individualstockholders except such as could not > boenforced. Those possible profits of this system of ibanklng. which wore regarded withthe most favorable and acquisitive cje ,seemed to tie concealed In the ability to Issue the greatest number of promlses-to-payand In redeeming the fewest.Then as now , It was declared with greatapparent wisdom that the poor , plain peopleot Nebtaska were toeing ground into theearth because of the "money power. " Thatildeous hobgoblin was constantly lyingawake nights devising means of making allts subjects too poor to ever pay an > thingwhich they might owe to It. The rates orntercst In the territory were extortionateip to 3 and 5 per cent a month and theadvance advocates ot "moro money andcheaper money" In that early day ( just aslo their prototypes In the year 1898) ) declaredJiat to make discounts easy for all sorts of> eoplo money must be plentler. Then , aslow , these fallacious flnanUcrs asserted thatuoney could and should bo made so plentl-'ul ' that men having no credit -with moneyscarce would have great credit with moneyabundant.The most aggressive promoter of the newflat banking scheme by which everyone Inthe territory was to bo made rich vvasJudge Allen A. Bradford of Otoo county. Howas about CO years of age , short of statureand very broad of girth. iHo had a fat ,double-chin and was ot a generally roily-poly make-up. In short , he looked like somecherub escaped In Infancy from celestialdomains aifd grown up In a very unsystematic and Intensely porcine part of theearth Ills head was not remarkable forsize or symmetry and lie had a most surprls-hg voice. From out of such n tremendouschest , from such a powerful pair of lungs ,ono expected to hear tones of strengthvibrant with virility Hut Bradford's voicewas the very antithesis of what ono lookedfor. H was squeaky , shrill , querulous , feeble ,wiry and exasperatingWILDCAT HANKING ,Against the banking scheme and all thevagaries of making cheap monoj no mantook a moro prominent or useful part thanHon A. D. Jones of Omaha. He denouncedall attempts at making something out ofnothing Ho ridiculed the possibility ofpromoting prosperity In the territory bymeans of an Irredeemable , wildcat bankingeurrenc ) Every argument in favm of honestcurrency , honest finance and the Inviolabilityof existing contracts was forcefully , Intel-llgontly and efficiently set forth bj Mr JonesHe denounced the proposed banks as rascallyand rotten Ho proclaimed that no manwho loved truth , honesty and fair-dealingcould support the measure before the councilHo declared that ho preferred to die a poorman rather than to be enriched by supporting such legislation , and In closing hisremarks said that hU highest ambition -wasafter he should have passed away from theturmoils ot this life to have for an epitaphupon his tombstone the simple encomium"Hero lies an honest man "BRADFORD'S ELOQUENT BLAST ,Immediately upca the cloo ng of Mr. Jonos'speech Hradford struggllngly waddled to hlafoot , SecurVg the attention of the chair ,ho said la a squealing , squeaking sort of awall ( referring to Mr , Joncj oa "the gentleman from Park Wild" ) :"Mr. Preildcnt The distinguished memberot this honorable council who h a juat catdown declares that ha U an honest man ,and , Air. President , I don't BUPPOIO he'dtoll a He about a matter of so little con.iu-tjuence In a tien country ; but It lio'o as good1414-16-18& CoDouglas St.Just a few hints to give you an idea of the manytrade inducers we are showing the early spring buyersCarpetsOriental Dagdad Curtains Fringed atjop Alexander Smith Sons' Tapestry Brussels A corduroy or velour covered CflllCllnnd bottom n. decided novelty and In nil the now and popular 2Mn ( vvltlc-0 foot long fringed nilshown for lltst tlmo a pair , , , . . < > . 65c and 75c around full xprlng cdgoA full Til ft Couch made in good conlu-Same Bagdad Curtains Only plain. The all wool 2-ply Ingrains are still roy or velour best stuol springs sprlnjr 075edge nicely fringed great value at JAntop and bottom ti pall1. , . soiling nt Coc , 55caud An extra bargain in a CoilCll made inTcporc India Drapes A real oriental Thrcivplyat DUo. extra quality corduroy full slzo tufted JT > 25novelty 30 Inches wide 8 yards long- A few patterns of Axmlnstcr bought audfringcdat ttmeach diapu novelty by itself much below price will bo sold at much l Full si'/.o Rokoko frame nicely tuftedcncli . ' value wo cnuld't soil these Axmlnjtcrsand llnlshod \olourextraqualityolour 1ROOin our regular lines for less than 81. 2,1) aillstio IcPvery paltornor$1.3o long as these last at . i. . .Java Curtains In a great variety Q > 00 Also a complete line of finer Conchesof patterns and colors each made of special coverings IftSO Hflranging in prices from IU UJJBagdad Tapestry Couch Covers Now thisMany of these coverings are our ownseasontho Hrst tlmo shown In Otua-season- everimportations and cannot bo duplicated olse-litt 08 inches wide 111 yards long whcro.nothing like them over bhowu A new shipment of wool Smyrna rugshoforo lotnurknble f51) ) made in Philadelphia no kind of a nig will Our special is a full Turkish uphol-values at \vc-ir as we'll c.scopt the Tuikish these ate lu stoicd Couch-all moss and hair filling o\tiathe largo toom. sizes aud vvu'vo marked the largo si/o quarter btnved oak or mahogRope Portieres For single doors con- prices lower than good Smyrna rugs have over any value Hnish i tm initbt frame too to it appreciate thesidcicd good \alne nt $3. 5 been sold at bcfoiothis week only 0x9. . $12.50 0x10. . $20.007AxlU ( . . $20.00 9x12. . $24.00Heavy French Tapestry Curtains in LouisXV styles all thr now shadesn pairA full weight ' 10-pound Mattress -nilAii Extra Quality Tapestry In empire , curled hair in No. 1 ticking full bl/o a specialgtcon , Pom pel ion led , oriental blue * AVo've more of those opaque JJxG foot iniido up lot that are above I'J'SO 'heavy valaneo fungo at top 7 oxtia values I''b toady to hang at the awfullyand bottom low price of A J'nll siy.e extension foot Iron Bedbrass head and foot rail bi assDcnimcttS Light weight art denims trimmed throughoutncnv uit pattei us choicest , colot inga All Brass Tulic Beds-the liu gest assortment over fullbl/Oshow n in Omaha A few of the 20 inchmore ex 07C Green enamel fine swell foot 550tension i ods atextension bi.iss tiinuncd bjdDown Sofa Pillows 3c Full si'/.o white enamel UedAnother lot of the 20-inch si/.e at. biabs t-inuned 250Traveling Men's wimples of fine drapery Dressers suitable for iron bedssamples of silk < uiul tatin Damask heavy A few of the pample pieces left over polid onk swell front tolid brass hantapestiy , hiiitablw for bofii pillows aud from our < iilo lust week all huvo boon put to dles § 12.50 wash stands to matchupholatci inches tquaid in < r i in u.il crape value size 27 gether on the fourth floor and the prices have 85.50.fjom 82.50 to $7 per been mudc so low that it's useless to quote themyaid these ' again will simply say they are all odd piece1- , Antique finish 2-piece suit dressersamples at 73c , ( He , 50c. 3oc and price s at from i to i former prices many of tao and vvaahstand ono full car load to beheldmobt desirable pieces yet remain. hold nt for the two piecesand honest as he sajs he Is , ho needn'ttalk about tombstones. IIo Is not of thekind of folks that dlu'Tcud me burled anuhave mciiiimiiits ptijt ijp to them here on theearth. He's too good and too honest foritliat. He's so vlrtuoua ind pious that I thinklie's liable to bo translated any time , likeElijah nnd thtyn other fello.vs . vvl-o wont upby chariots of fire , lumber wagons and allkincle of vehicles to glorj nnd the aires !The gentleman from I'aik Wild , Mr. Prer.l-dent , Is liable to be o.atclieJ from our midstat any moment by some cherubim or seraphim sent especially after him on accountof hla honesty nnd jnnkcd straight up tothe pearly gates of Paradise , when Peterwill ew'cig ' the doors wide open and Jerkhim right In and give him a scat amriig thesaved saints of heaven where ho can foieveising the glories of hla owr. honesty nndeternally dwell among the redeemed In Paradise. And , Mr. President , -with my feelingsof recpect and regard for Mr. Jcats , I cznbut sny with the profoundest emotion thatI wish he was there now ! "The foregoing Is very nearly -verbatim thereply of IJradford to Jonra , but no mar. canportray the portly , short and stubbed figutoof Hradford. No i > wer of delineation candepict his gesture with a lead pencil In hisright liEinl violently and spitefully tappinga piece of white paper held between thethumb and forefinger of the left hand. Nophonograph , with all its perfection of reproduction of the Inflection , ! and Intonationsof the human voice , could represent justlyand completely the peculiarly btrldrmt tcuosof Hradford , which were a t ort of cross orh > brldlzatlon of the squeal of a pig or thequack of a duck , delivered In a shriekingsoprano as the peroration of his staccatoeloquence.In 1SGO Judge Bradford moved Into theterritory ot Colorado Ho Im-rpftlately became -came a central figure In its -ja.ly pol.tlre.He represented tbac territory in conguw.IIo served Colorado also ns chief justlso ofIts supreme court , and , finally , some jcarssince , "passed over the rango" Into the mjs-terics bojotid. His antagonist in that earlymonetary debate , Hon. A. D. Jones , Is ttlllwith us , full of years and honors , tespsctednnd beloved by all vho know himJ. STERLING MORTON.Arbor Lodge , February 22.CO.N.M III VMTIUS.Mr. Gladstone ! Is ono of the greatest opponents of divorce fn the nngl111 speakingworld , Ho believes that marriage Is a contract for Hfo.It Is expected that the emperor of Austriawill soon announce ofilclally the betrothalof the Archduchess IJIlzaborh. daughter ofthe late Archduke Rudolf , with the joungking of Spain , who was born In ISSfi , and \a \ ,therefore , In his 12th yi < ar. The archduchessis three years older.Miss Nelllo I. Tavlcr nnd Paul D Qulggsof Pargo were engaged on1 Nelllo was out oftown for a fuw dajs They exchanged thefollowing telegrams ami thoughtless ! ) signedthem by their Inltlalslfliily "Dear Nelllo :Como homo to me Pap. Q. " "Hear Paul :Am coming , my love "TV. I. T , "Mlfis Charlotte Cranb , who was recentlysnubbed by the Charleston society women.Is In Missouri and Ifriilay sent the followingtelegium "Roy Sallls , Tort Worth , Tex.At last , jfs Now are you happy' " And pio-sumably lto > Is , for , llko Mr. rinchliiK , according to Miss Crane , id has pioposed bin entimes .Laura A Daly of tircenup , 111 , and Ed-waid Cromctto vvero nurrled at that placea fen ilavs ago. They.had novcr met untilthe gloom en mo to claim Ida bilde. MissDaly was cmplojed'as'correspondent ' ' for arr-lijjlous publication , and her work attractedMr. Crometto's attrition. This led to acourtship b > letter and an engagement tomat ry. >Ignatius Donnelly vfts married In Minneapolis last Tucsdaj ( o Marlon Ollvo Hansen -sen , a young woman of Scandinavian birthand 22 jcaru of age 'Mr. ' Donnelly evinceda dcslro to put as much fientlment Into hliwedding as posrlblo , aim his nurrlago II-cenao was taken out on St. Valentino H day ,with the wedding sot for the an.ilversary ofthe birth , of "Washington. Thu wedding waaan elaborate function , over 100 Invitationsbeing Issued , besldeu a general Invitationthrough the newspapers to any ono who hadbeen overlooked ' .Mr. and Mrs Donnellyleft Tuesday evening for an extended eastern trip. They will re-eldo at Nlnlnger ,Minn , where Mr Donnelly wrote all of his illtcrar ) productions , and where three jeura >ago lie begged his constituents not to uend Ihim back to the legislature , a ho was growing HO old that hi ] ugejulncia vvas Impaired ,and ho could not bear and understand whatvvas being done.CARP TO WRITE FOR THE BEEFamous Correspondent on His Way toSouth America ,A TWENTY-FiVE-THOUSAND-MILE J3URNEYSi-rlcs of ] Jc'irrliU | ' 7i'H TH li } ThinI'onulnrVillcr mill " \\Vll KIHM > IILecturer Soon to He < ; i\ou< o HcnilurN of The lice.WIthlti the next few weeks The Ueo willbegin the publication of the most remarkablescrlcfl of letters ever published In n no\vo-paper. This series will describe the SouthAmerican continent as It Is In 1S9S. Itwill bo the result of a tour which will costthousands' ' of dollars and which will fiiclud"travels of moro than 25,000 in lira for up-to-date Information.The tour vvas begun by Mr. Trank O. Carpenter when he sailed from New York theother day for the Isthmus of Panama. liehas already landed nt Colcn cm ] is now Investigating the condltlcm of the Panamacanal , upon which ( something llko 2,000 menare now working. Crossing the Isthmus ,Mr. Carpenter will travel down along thePacific coast of South America to the lot-\om \ ot our hemisphere to the Strait of Magellan , stopping at the various ports acid making extensive expeditions Into the Interior.Ho will stop for a whllo In Ecuador , willtravel extensively on the plateau of Dollvlannd will make hla way by mule and fatagethrough some of the wildest parts of theAndCrf. Howill visit Lake Tltlcaca , thehighest lake In the world which is navigntedby steam , nnd will report en the husuctaconditions of Peru and Dollvla end thechances for American investments there.An Interesting part of his tour will boa Journey from the toiw of the Andesthrough the wild wilds of Bolivia dowti IntoChill , crossing the great ralnlcaj zctio , andspending rome tlmo In tlio nltrato fieldswhich have nindo eo many men rich.He will visit the gold regions of Bolivia ,Chill and Peru , which are enld to far surpass the Klondike In rlchnccs , rnd from thesouthern part of Chill will mnko h'a wayon down to the bottom of thu contlapnt ,where are other wonderful gold fields.After extensive travels In Chill and Patagonia" , Including a Journey Into the Andc , *mouritaliia to drscrlbo the work now bujigdone on the Trtasandcan road , Mr. Carpenterwill sail for Terra del Puego , and will therevlblt a country Inhabited by bavages , Homeof whom llvo 'n hoka In the ground , nncjwill thui make his way up the Atlanticcoatit of Patagonia and on 'nto ' that wondoful countrj , the Argentine Republic.In the Argentine he wtll viait llio vvhratfields which compcto so greatly with ourfarmers , will Investigate , the cotton Indiwto , which Is rapidly gnnv'ng , and vvll |travel for thoujaiids of ml Ira over thin land ,which U as large as all of the UnitedStates east of the Mississippi riverAfter describing the capital of niiem/ / ?Ares , which Is almost as large as Philadelphia , Mr Cm pouter will make an cx-peditlun of ( something llko 2 000 miles onthe Rio do La Plata and Parana rivers , riding far up Into Parngua ) and visiting Itijcapital. Ho will nleo travel uxUialvuly IIIUrugna ) aud bouthern Brazil.In Hrodl ho will vis.t the great coffearegion of the world , will make a trip Inthu diamond nilncu , epcnd some time at RioJaneiro , cad among other expeditions , wlj |travel moro than 2,000 miles on the Amazonriver , exploring some of tlio wildest aii ( |least IIIOYUI parts of our homlL'phcre ,OOOD THINQS IN STOIU3.Mr Carpenter's newspaper expedition Ittaken at the cxpci so of The Iloo and BOIIIL.of tbo other leading newspapers of ( lipUnited State * , who wish to glvo to tliQlf.readers a plain , practical , common-tenqpdescription of what Is going on In Souh |America , Ho liaw Instructions to Invcalf-gate the rcfcourcfn of the various coueitrlcqto describe In detail vvhnt Americana afpdoing there and to look up the i > o > ilbllltl ( , ?In the dlffunat countries for American trau | ]and American manufactured Ho la Inapta commUslocer forJau American pooplu jodescribe for th m Just the thlnga they vv-i'tto Kciow about this comparatively unknowncontinent. He will also describe how thepeople of the various countries act an 1jive , how our sister republics mani-go theirbualnecs and the other curious features orlife above nnd below the equator.There are few travelers who start out onsuch an expedition so well equipped for goodwork as does Mr. Carpontrr He will 'iavew Ith him during the most of his Journeys excellent photographers and his le'iers willh < > accompanied by Illiibtrattoiib and photographs made upon the ground His oxtc'iMvotiavels covering nearly every part of theworld and his long residence nt Washingtoninvo given him a wide acquaintance and he< vill also have the assistance of our dlplomats nnd consuls In carrying out his plansHe Is well equipped with Ictteis from theState department at Washington , with Introductions from the chief of the Iturcaii ofAmerican Republics , and In connection withfaimlng mattcis ho goes 1)j thu appointmentof Secretary Wilson as a honoiary commh-sloncr of the Department of AgricultureThis expedition cannot but be of enormousvalue to our readers. It will bring forthInformation that cannot bo found In thelibraries , which vvlll bo full of suggcstloniand Information for the business men andat the simo time < bo interesting to nil. ItIs , In fact , the exploration of a comparativelyunknown land by a trained observer and awell equipped newspaper man.Speaking of our business Interests abroad ,the tour vvas planned because It is l > ? llevcdthat South America Is destined to bo ono ofthe thief news center. ? for the pcoplo of theUnited States. The day Is past whenAmerica can rely upon her homo trade tofeed her factories Prom now on , our business is to cover the world Wo are alreadyreaching out toward Huropo. Englandtrembles 'when she views the increase ofAmerican products Into her home markets.Our machinery Is now 'being ' Introduced Intomost every city of Uurope and wo nro makingheavy shipments to Asia.South America naturally belongs to us , andour trade t litre Is steadily Increasing It Isnothing to what It will bo and Mr. Car-I'uuicr uciicvcs umi no is in ino auvanceguard of a movement which will result Inopening the greatest Held for commerce andmoney making that the United States nas jethad. He nays that wo are Junt on the edgeof another era In our national life , the commercial era , and that wo are to look , notat home , but to the world , for our trade ,rhtro mo today ncores of inir ueoplu who.are scattered over South America Somehave concessions for gold and silver mines.Others are making fortunes by raising couVoand others have vast rubber Interests on the\mazon There ara a half dozen differentonccbslons which havoibeen rccuntlj grantedo America to build railroads on the I'uclllccoast of South America , and It Is an American who la hulldlng the gap which remainsIn the great railroad across the continentfrom the Pacific In Chili to the Atlantic atDucnoH Ayrcs There nro American colonlei ,In South America engaged In agriculture nndstock raising , anil thert > are American trad'qrs on the upper Amazon whoso businessIs with the wild Indians of those regionsiMr Carpenter will tell Just what our pcoploare doing In these different countries nnd7/111 show what chances there- are In thedifferent countries for American muscle ,brains and capital.Aside from the business Interests , MrCarpenter's letters will bo of groU vnluo toall Ho has long been known an one of " 11most careful and nccurnto of correspondent1 !IIo li'ia the pov er of dchcrlptlon whMittansports his renders to the i.cencs ho ( Inscribes. The ) teem to ho tiavollng willhim , and In this respect his letters are ogreat vlauo to chlldicn an well as Kro.wpeople , us they will glvo a goographliaKnowledge of the countries ami puojilo whlclcan bo found nowhere clsoPERSONALITY OK THi : WRITER.It la unnecessary however , for iw to ES >inythlng to our readerti us to the work oMr. I'runk Carpenter Ho has long heoiVnown au ono of the best of travel corrc1rfponduntu. IIo seems to l.avo an Instinct, \hlch tilln him whttro trouble U going tobreak out nuxt , ) > o tl'at ho may got there InUmo to tell the t.torj It vias this huLlnctthat sent him lo Russia at thu tlmo of thufamine- , and this ir.udo him take hla tour of25.COO mllm tlitougli China , Jju.uiand Korea Just beforetho greatwar between China nnd Jap'ti IIarrived In Itimila nt the eamu tlmowlih I'ralerlvk Remington and PoiiltnoyIHgi'low , who , It will bo rornomljored , ro-inilfod but llvo c1a ) In the lard ot the ciu *ni.il then left In despair Mr Carpenterjooialuc-d tlireo months anil traveled morothan S.OOO miles In the fnmlno dim lets , flv-Ing n wonderful plrjtino of Russln and theRussians , , which was Illustrated hj photographs nude cspechlly for the rzar , butduplicated bv thn Russian ofilrhls for Air.Carpcntui In his Asiatic t ur Mfaicti -tor pave the best information that was fur-nlshol from the far east jt that tl'nc HUInterview n with U Hung Clung Cotat Itoof Jap in mil the king of .Flam were cf thesrcaUrtt vnluo ontl InterestIn Ills present tourMr fnrppnti'r Oil iksho will bo us close to thi news as he i InIis9l He will have lliti ? ! vl-wg wl'h thn= ! iD.itcst of tinpreslletlls of thn Snu'hAmerican ie ; iblcs. ! who , thrnitli ; him willtell us vl .jt thc > > think of the Mi moo do -trine , the dpstlny of Hie two continent i milthroinli him will aid In brm lrs the t' HP IStates Into a dojor touch with thn countriesover which they i ulo.There are fp\v hotter Intel vlcvrirs nirongtlio journalists of todav thnn Mr Cirpou'er. 'During lib tilp around the woild eight joinago ho Interv lowed the Icvullng monarch !an 1 Htatcrtmen of the various countries Hohas a wonderful power of gvttlng at peopleand of o'lcltliiK Information fiom themupon mutters of public and pei onal Interest.Ho had n long conversation with the Ulokhodlvo nf E > pt just before his death Hochattel In his palace at Athens with KingGeorge of Greece , BIW the Bultan nt Constantinople and Interviewed rajihs nndi 1113-ImraJaliH galore When ho vvas In MexicoPresident Diaz give him a full page Interview on the things irost of Int real between us and our sister republic , mid vv'ion 'ho was In Ru&ila ho had Mlk.s with the leading Russian statesmen , and on hlj wnythere seemed an Intel view with Prlnco Dls-marck at KrledrlcliHruhe.llio first of Mr. Carpenter's South American letters will liu published on ono of theSundays of March and thu series will runthrough the Sunday H of the following year ,ono letter being found In each of our Sun-diy Isoiica during that time.West Virginia Is now producing moro hlgli-grade petroleum than any other Htate In thaunion.One's physical feelings , like the faitlififlncttcr , Bcaich nnd point out plainly thefact of disease or litnlthIf a nun i is not feeling well nnd vigorousIf lie n losing flesh and vitality , if lie itlistless , nervous , sleepless , he ccrtmnly itnot well. The down liill road from healthto mcl.iic'is is smooth nnd declines rnjnclly.At the first intimation of diseasethuVVRQ | man tnl.cs u pure , himplc vegetablestonic. It puts Ills digestion into good active order nnd that puts thereht nf hitbody in order Ihc medicine thnt will dothis it a medicine Hint is ifood lo take inany trouble of thu blood , the digestion , orthu respiration , no matter liovv serious itjnay have become.The medicine to tal.c is Dr. Pierce1 *Golden Medical Discovery. It is n remarkable remedy. It cures diseases in a perfectly natural way , without the use o !strong drugs It cnrcn by helping Nature- .It has n peculiar tome effect on thu liningmembranes of thu Htomach and bowels.Iy ! putting these membranes into healthycondition , btlmulatinif the secretion of thuvatioiis digestive juice * and furnishing tothe blood the proper purifying properties ,it teaches out over tne whole- body anddrivei discise.Kcrius before it into theusual rxcictory channels. It builds upfilm muscular flesh , males the skin and ,the eyes bright.Dr. I'lercc'tf Golden Medical Discoveryhas been found wonderfully efficacious inthe tleatmenl of elin diseases tczcma ,tetter , erysipelas , salt rheum from com.won pimples or blotctics to the worst caseof eciofulo.